Cover of Masterpieces of Murder (And Then There Were None / Death on the Nile / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Witness for the Prosecution)
Historical Fiction

Masterpieces of Murder (And Then There Were None / Death on the Nile / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Witness for the Prosecution)

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  • 1977 first published
  • 594 pages
  • 2 editions
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Published in 1977, Masterpieces of Murder (And Then There Were None / Death on the Nile / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Witness for the Prosecution) is a historical fiction novel by Agatha Christie. The story is set in Belgium and England, in the 1930s. Characters include U.N.Owen, Anthony James Marston and Ethel Rogers. It deals with cyanide poisoning, chloral hydrate, potassium cyanide and Scotland Yard.

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It runs to roughly 594 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

  • U.N.Owen
  • Anthony James Marston
  • Ethel Rogers
  • John Gordon MacArthur
  • Thomas Rogers
  • Emily Caroline Brent
  • Edward George Armstrong
  • William Henry Blore
  • Philip Lombard
  • Vera Elizabeth Claythorne

Subjects

  • Cyanide poisoning
  • Chloral hydrate
  • Potassium cyanide
  • Scotland Yard
  • Coroners
  • Message in a bottle
  • Roman policier
  • Lectures et morceaux choisis
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Mystery fiction
  • Murder
  • Millionaires
  • Murder victims
  • Islands
  • Millionaires in fiction
  • Murder victims in fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Masterpieces of Murder (And Then There Were None / Death on the Nile / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Witness for the Prosecution)?

Masterpieces of Murder (And Then There Were None / Death on the Nile / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Witness for the Prosecution) was written by Agatha Christie and first published in 1977.

What genre is Masterpieces of Murder (And Then There Were None / Death on the Nile / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Witness for the Prosecution)?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction.

How long is Masterpieces of Murder (And Then There Were None / Death on the Nile / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / Witness for the Prosecution)?

The median edition has 594 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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